LIBRATE

PRONUNCIATION: (LY-brayt)

MEANING: verb intr.
1. To oscillate, waver.
2. To be poised or balanced.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin libra (scales). Earliest documented use: 1623.
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L.I. IRATE - the people of Nassau and Suffolk are angry

LIBERA TE - another way to pronounce "set yourself free"

LIT RATE - the percentage of the population who can read